#Houston Rockets at Dallas Mavericks
American Airlines Center- Dallas, TX
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401584147)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/rockets/comments/186br66/game_thread_houston_rockets_86_at_dallas/kb70pr0/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|HOU |22|28|38|27|115|
|DAL |29|25|30|37|121|
###Player Stats
**Houston Rockets**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|D. Brooks|27:59|16|7-13|1-4|1-2|0|1|1|1|0|0|1|6|-12
|J. Smith Jr.|36:36|16|7-11|2-5|0-0|1|8|9|2|0|1|1|2|-5
|A. Sengun|34:58|31|10-19|0-2|11-14|4|5|9|6|0|1|3|2|-8
|J. Green|33:30|12|5-14|2-6|0-0|1|2|3|5|0|1|2|4|5
|F. VanVleet|40:40|10|3-9|1-7|3-3|0|4|4|12|1|1|0|3|-12
|A. Holiday|20:54|8|3-8|2-4|0-0|1|3|4|4|0|0|1|3|-6
|J. Tate|11:12|5|1-2|0-1|3-3|1|1|2|2|1|0|0|2|-3
|T. Eason|21:08|11|4-7|0-0|3-5|2|6|8|0|0|2|2|4|9
|J. Green|13:02|6|2-2|0-0|2-2|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|1|2
**Dallas Mavericks**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Green|30:17|5|2-4|1-1|0-0|1|6|7|2|0|1|1|4|12
|G. Williams|17:43|0|0-5|0-3|0-0|0|4|4|3|0|0|2|4|2
|D. Lively II|27:47|8|4-4|0-0|0-0|2|3|5|2|0|2|0|5|-2
|K. Irving|35:44|27|8-22|2-7|9-9|1|1|2|5|1|1|0|1|-9
|L. Doncic|37:56|41|15-29|3-10|8-9|0|9|9|9|2|0|0|3|12
|T. Hardaway Jr.|21:40|11|4-12|3-8|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|1
|D. Jones Jr.|34:22|15|5-7|2-3|3-3|3|3|6|1|1|0|0|4|11
|R. Holmes|12:47|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|0|3|3|0|0|0|2|4|2
|D. Exum|15:03|12|3-4|1-2|5-8|1|0|1|3|1|0|2|0|2
|J. Hardy|3:44|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2
|D. Powell|2:53|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-1
|S. Curry|:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|HOU|42-85|8-29|23-29|33|27|2|12|6|10|30|54|
|DAL|42-89|12-34|25-29|25|25|5|7|4|9|29|46|
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Bad mistakes at the end
Def winnable
REFS PLAN
Rockets could be a top 5 seed if JG was anything close to a shooting guard man
75-7 it is then
# UNTIL NEXT TIME
(that jabari shot tho)
Jalens home/road disparity is honestly baffling. There has to be some explanation
We need a closer and Jalen isn’t the one.
STREAKY JALEN STRIKES AGAIN
I feel that game went bad once Tari got taken out. Bro was hustling for every ball that was in the air.
I just want to blame the schedule
Rockets are eliminated from the in-season tournament
We lost this one due to our own low BBIQ.
So many dumb plays, from so many players.
Extremely disappointing.
And we need a 3pt shooter.
I missed the game, Jalen had 0 freethrows. Is that real? Did he just not attack the basket?
One thing I hate about being a good team, is that I’m no longer numb to losses like this 🙁 pain. pain is all i feel rn
Sigh 😔
Tough loss. Sengun must make the all star team this season.
I don’t understand why we give Jalen the superstar leash. The only time you leave players in for crunch time that were as cold as he was this game is when they are your superstar. Jalen has not proven he is a superstar. This isn’t a hate post, he’s made improvements in his game and I still have hope for him. But this isn’t a team trying to tank anymore, the guys in the 4th should be the guys who earned the right over the course of the game. You can’t tell me he earned that over Tari this game. I’m not saying we shouldn’t start him right now, but when he’s cold it’s insane we are afraid to ever to go with anyone else in that spot.
Edit- there’s a lot of people here who auto downvote any Jalen criticism and that’s weird man
Sequence of Brooks missing wide open 3, then JG’s stupid turnover n Brooks stupid foul cost the game
On the bright side the games that will be added to our schedule should be easier teams
Basically, consistent SG-play away from being a great-elite team.
Also tough to win games when you shoot awful from 3 vs a bad defensive team (who are elite on offense).
Put Tari in the starting lineup instead of Jalen
Too many 12 point games for a guy who can’t play defense. Let him close out games if he’s hot, but that’s all he deserves at this point
As long as Jalen can’t have at the very least three games in a row in which he performs well, he cannot be a starter.
Dillon was too fixated on Luka. I feel like Jabari did better defending him when he had the chance.
We don’t have the horses to win close games like this just yet, in my opinion.
It’s hard to have faith in Jalen to do good things for more than a couple of games at a time, tonight he hurt us.
I can’t wait for these guys to grow and become the powerhouse they can
I’m not even a JG hater but what exactly has he done to show he deserves to be more of a focal point in the offense than Jabari? JG may be more likely to go for 30 but he’s also way more likely to shoot 5-20. Jabari HAS to be given more opportunities. I’m far from giving up on Jalen but he should not be so clearly ahead of Jabari in the pecking order.
Only winless team in the league on the road. For a team with #1 defense in the league that’s embarrassing. Coach needs to get a lot of blame for how the guys came out to play tonight. I know they had a lot of time off but that’s coach’s job to get them ready. And nba schedulers are dumb as fuck. Almost a week off then play back to back, makes sense smh
One the one had, brutal loss, on the other hand, I’m glad rockets games make me feel something again
Jabari needs more looks in this offense. That pull up jumper is pure.
we really got our hopes up about jalen turning a corner bc he beat up on the corpse of the grizzlies 😔
THAT STINGS AFTER SUCH A SOLID COMEBACK
KYRIE AND LUKA GONNA KYRIE AND LUKA
I’M MADDER THAT JALEN DIDN’T GET A SINGLE FT THAN I AM ANOUT HIS FG%. YOU CAN MAKE UP FOR MISSED SHOTS WITH MADE FTS. REFS FUCKED HIM A BIT, BUT HE’S GOT TO FORCE THEM TO MAKE CALLS. W
NEED TO MAKE MORE 3S. AIN’T GOING TO WIN IN THE NBA IN 2023 SHOOTING LIKE THAT.
THE THING I DON’T MIND ABOUT THESE ROAD LOSSES IS WE’RE IN ALL THE GAMES. WE’RE SO CLOSE TO GETTING OVER THE HUMP.
ALPI KEEPS IT GOING
BARI KEEPS GROWING
I LOVE THAT HOLIDAY HAS NO FEAR TO SHOOT ANY SHOT AT ANY TIME. I HATE THAT HOLIDAY HAS NO FEAR TO SHOOT ANY SHOT AT ANY TIME.
TARI NEEDS MORE MINUTES.
NUGGETS AGAIN? LIGHT WORK.
STAY TIPPIN
Can someone please explain to me why Tari was not put back in after a short rest? Like, wtf?
Team high +9, most of the team was in the negative. Passed the eye test too. What was Udoka thinking with that?
Hmm… so, may I ask: when is Cam Whitmore going to log on some minutes? The bench DESPERATELY needs some offense.
We need to start featuring Jabari more he’s been shooting well
Bari needs to be getting the rock more especially when the rest of the team is shooting terribly, right now he’s the only guy I’m most confident with in their shot (w/ Alpi as well obviously).
These teams with “superstars” get insane treatment by the refs. We’ve seen it with both LA teams and now with Dallas. It literally makes these close games unwinnable for teams like us.
You know it’s bad when even Dirk is wondering where Jalen Green is (had to watch the Mavs broadcast and Dirk was a guest commentator for the game).
Another L exposing the team’s mediocre offense. There’s not real drive threat on the team which let’s defenses play tight on our shooters. Fred doesn’t shoot well from 2 and is too small to drive consistently. Jalen is also small in frame but on top of that has a bad handle which means he can’t get to where he needs to be without defenses just being dumb and over-committing. The league is run by the ability to drive-and-kick, and our two guys that could excel at that are rookies.
Also while people are rightfully gonna go after Jalen for his inconsistent offense, bad turnovers and low bbiq, the worse part might be his defense. Smart teams just hunt him all game especially in PnR because he’s genuinely one of the worst players in the league at getting around screens.
On a positive note, Jabari has looked consistently good. He’ll really benefit in the future from a guy like Amen who can make the defense collapse and free up space. Also Sengun is that guy as usual. A lot of guys were listed as probable tonight and we have a b2b tomorrow. We might actually see Cam for a bit, and hopefully a damn road win.
This team gives me hope. Future is bright.
Except for the Orlando game, the Rockets always fought until the end, with small margins, small mistakes, need small adjustments, only one step to be like an experienced team, not so far, almost there, but when a horse ran that fast, sometimes collapses that fast, maybe they need a blowout loss to come back to themselves on the road game, I dont know man, they overjumped some steps too fast as a team and stucked on the last obstacle to be real good…and watching it is a bit frustrating even knowing that this is a very young stars leaded, a new team.
Let’s face it: no one expected us to come out of this IST group when season began. It’s not the end of the world. We got the least points allowed in the West in IST games and second least in whole league only behind the Knicks. There are silver linings here. Overall, we need Jalen to be able to contribute on the road and Dillon Brooks to stop fouling out every game specially when he’s just trying to play mind games with the opponents bedt players.
Really underrated how we kept getting layups in the clutch like 4 possessions in a row. That’s the advantage of having a post-scorer as a star. Unfortunately, could not stop Luka and Kyrie.
Disappointing. Besides the offense just being off tonight, the issues are correctable. Some inexperience, and focus stuff mainly. The refs did help some, but they hurt some too. Either way they need to stop trying to mess with games so much.
For a top 2 pick shooting guard who barely scores 20 a game inefficiently, his defense and decision making sure is garbage. Shouldn’t close games or play more than 25 minutes/game until he decides to play defense
Do you guys realize how lucky we are we drafted Sengun? He practically is saving this rebuild. we drafted him at 16. And If we hadn’t our rebuild would have been dead on arrival with just Jalen and Jabari. Our lottery guys have to step it up.
Still can’t win on the road Jesus … Doesn’t help when Jalen is still so useless. Get Sengun some help for fuck sake
Jalen.. you do not need to be Iverson-MJ-Kobe… just be a Jamal Murray. nobody is asking more.